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Apr 23
2009

"The Whole World Is Watching"

Posted by Ændrew Rininsland in panopticon , media , activism

Ændrew Rininsland

Recent video coming out of the Coachella shows a naked man being forced to the ground for refusing to cooperate with police and put on his clothes, then being tasered — to the booing of a large crowd that had gathered and was filming the entire thing. As the violence escalates, the videographer can be heard saying:

"Freedom of speech, holmes! The world is watching!"

Naked Wizard Tased By Reality from Tracy Anderson on Vimeo.


Discuss (2 posts)
Re:"The Whole World Is Watching"
Apr 30 2009 23:49:06
Well I agree that the dude probably deserved to be arrested or at least escorted out of public, there were three fairly large cops surrounding an obviously unarmed man who wasn't exactly throwing fists. I would have expected the cops to be able to cuff him before they resorted to the Tazer (which was used in excess once they had him on the ground).

It also scares the crap out of me that we have to fight big brother with big brother. But I suppose it's the best way at this point. The average person is caught on a camera hundreds of times a day, yet every time they try and identify a criminal on the news all you see is a blurry figure that looks like a million other people.

A positive in this is that generally cell phones come equipped with easy-to-use, fairly high quality camera's which will make it easier to identify authority-gone-wrongers much easier.

It's time to fight surveillance with surveillance, I guess.

Michel Foucault is rolling over in his grave.
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